#BDA156#BDA156

#BDA156 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA156
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 0.89, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 42.44, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0012 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.1 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4123, 36.9822, 14.0753)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA156 #5672BD

analogous

#BD6E56 #BDA156 #A6BD56

triadic

#BDA156 #56BDA1 #A156BD

tetradic

#BDA156 #56BD6E #5672BD #BD56A6

square

#BDA156 #56BD6E #5672BD #BD56A6

split-complementary

#BDA156 #56A6BD #6E56BD

monochromatic

#6E5C2B #9A803C #BDA156 #CEB982 #DFD2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BDA156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BDA156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA156

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA156	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc87',
    500: '#bda156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda156;
$custom-light: #d3bc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.689,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71819,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA156

secondary

#A1ADCD

accent

#77D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA156

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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